The Osceola times., 1887-12-10

Jefferson City.
PRof. JosErH Tosso a celebrated violin.
ist, and composer Of the "Arkansas Tray
eler,' died at Covington, Ky, on the 9th
ACTING SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
..l -, "'s ."'sislrred Joseph NJ Wal,
Sh'ca will be the social event Of ths ;,
'eason. icing
-yr Depart
: --Cee. -Sasn -ShAlsc--~s aud local land
office
GENERAL CLINTON b. FIAEE presided at
meeting of the Board of Indian Commits
sioners at Washington, on the 9th. at
which reports were made of the various
churches and societies supporting Indian
schools and missions in the United States.
GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT JAMIsoN of
the railway mail service has received iu-
formation that fourteen pouches Of letter
mail and about a truck load of paper mail
were burned in the recent wreck at Tiff
fin, q.
Mrs CLEVELAND had a crowded recep
tion on the 9th, from noon until one
o'clock, and received again in the green
parlor. She wore a highly becoming
French gown of dark blue fiowered
foulard, with garnet velvet panels and a
Spanish jacket of ecru Irish lace.
THR Republican congressional convcn-
ton at Eau Claire, Wis, on the 9Th, nomi
mated Hugh J. Price for the short term
and Nels p. Haugen for the long term,
made vacent by the death of the late Con-
gresham Price. rhe nominee for the
short term is a son of the latter,
BIsuoP WArTERsoy, Of Columbus, o.,
has arrived at Rome.
PRINCE ALEXANDER of Battonberg an
nounces that he is about 10 make u pro-
longed tour in Egypt
The Marquis Of Queens berry, II is said,
will not deny the charges made by his wife
in her suit for divorce,
CHIEF JusTICE DoRIoN rendered a de-
cision at Montreal Can, on the 1th, sus-
tanning the decision OF the Judge who com
mitted Hoke, the Peoria forgcr and en-
bezzler, for extraditon
Miss OLLIE BRowER, of Middletown, N.
Y, has been committed to an insane asy-
lum, her insanity being caused by slander.
Gus reports said TO have been circulated
about her.
THE funeral services of Bishop Potter
took place at Old Trinity Church, New
York, on the 1th, and the remains were
taken 10 Poughkeepsie for interment
Mrs. CLEVELAND will give a luncheon on
the l2th at half-past one O'Clock 10 about
thirty young ladies of w a sh gton.
Mn. FRANK y. MoDoNALp, son Of ex-
Senator Mcdonald, OF Indiana, died in
Washington on the sth of heart disease.
He had been for some years clerk in the
Treasury Department The remains were
taken to Indiana for burial, In charge OF
Mr.. Colville, the brother in-law of the
deceased,
OK the sth Judge Pickett. at New Haven,
Conn, fined two railroad officials for
blacklisting a man.
AT New York on the sth, Recorder
Smythe refused to make an order giving
the defendants counsel in the railway
bribery cases access to the minutes Of the
grand jury.
On the sth Mrs Cleveland held her first
public reception of the season at the White
House. which was largely attended.
REPREsENTArIvE REAGAN has left Wash
ington for Texas TO take an active part in
the senatorial contest in that State He
has left the Interstate Commerce bill in
the hands of Mr.. Crisp. of Georgia.
on the sth Brevet Brigadier- General
Thomas Duncan died at Washington, after
brief illness. lie had lived for more
than twenty years with a silver plate
forming portion Of his skull, which was
fractured by cannon ball during the war
of the rebellion
THK President, on the sth, issued an ex-
ecutive order directing that hereafter pen
sioners residing in Montana and Wyoming
be paid from the San Francisco agency.
Miss MARY ANDERSON has taken the
Lyceum Theater in London. her occu-
pancy to last during Henry Irving's APP
preaching tour in the United States.
THE recent gift Of drinking fountain to
Stratford- -on-A Avon by Mr.. George w
Childs, of Philadelphia, is pleasantly COM
mented upon by the London Daily Teie
graph as ''an act Of graceful munificence."
THE dowager Queen Of Bavaria. who is
Grand Mistress Of the order Of St Their
esa, has bestowed the order upon Prince
Bismarck.
In the last volume Of reports Of United
States Supreme Court decisions. just is
sued, there app ears as an appendix, the
last formal paper prepared by Chief-Jus-
tice Taney as an opinion of the court but
which was not delivered by reason Of his
death.
IT 10 said that Lady Colin Campbell has
been offered 21o0 per night for a concert |
tour Of London and the provinces.
Sscf 0orpwIx sNIrK. IL Is reported,
vi shorsly return 10 En4la nd and take up /
~ Dou1dGncs ~ Oxford.
0uuASoB EvARrs 10 10 make great /
sCeoz1 aGalnst the Interstate Commerce
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